Ethereum News. Jan 17, 2026
Vitalik said Ethereum is ending an era of sacrificing self-sovereignty, privacy, and trustlessness for scale, with the roadmap refocusing on trustless user verification and interaction.
Zerion’s Zero network resumes operations after four week outage caused by sequencer sync issue.
Optimism has unveiled Actions, an open-source TypeScript SDK that enables developers to embed DeFi functionality such as lending, borrowing, swaps, and payments into their applications without building complex onchain infrastructure.
Generic Protocol has launched a neutral infrastructure layer that enables networks and applications to create custom, private, yield-generating onchain stablecoins without relying on issuer-controlled models
The Ethereum events page has been redesigned to make it easier for users to explore and engage with the ecosystem.
Abstract surpasses $4 billion in total onchain volume.
Centrifuge has unveiled its Proof of index framework, enabling the tokenization of index products beyond single assets.
EIP-8105 officially proposed as Hegotá headliner to bring encrypted mempool to Ethereum.
A new post on EthResear[.]ch by Citrullin explores using ENS domains to integrate IBAN accounts with Ethereum wallets, aiming to unify the settlement layer of DeFi and TradFi.
The Ethereum Foundation announced the conclusion of the x402 Hackathon, supported by its Developer Acceleration Team. Several winning projects were recognized for building infrastructure and tools on the x402 protocol.
Alchemy published its refreshed alchemy ERC 4337 guide
